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Copenhagen Architecture City Guide: 20 Projects to Discover in the 2023 UNESCO World Capital of Architecture

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The capital of Denmark has many accomplishments to boast: over 60 percent of its residents commute to work by bike , it was among the first cities to set up a strategic plan to achieve carbon neutrality, resulting in an 80% decrease since 2009 , and it has become of the most cited study cases for its urban planning and infrastructure.

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Shanghai West Bund AI Tower & Plaza by NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD

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Nikken Sekkei was selected in an international design competition in 2009 to lead a new urban development on the site of the former local Longhua Airport. In all, the firm has been involved in local area urban and architectural design for more than a decade.

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High Line "under threat" from proposed skyscrapers and casino say Friends of the High Line founders

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It released proposed designs for skyscrapers to fill the site and was one of a few to apply for what would be Manhattan's first casino license for the development. Now the developer wants to undo the agreement and rezone the site again," said David and Hammond. The top photo by Iwan Baan.

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Ontario Place architect Eberhard Zeidler has passed away at 95

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Zeidler was one of the last living links to the Bauhaus school and the man responsible for some of Canada’s most significant mixed-use urban developments including Ontario Place and the Eaton Centre in Toronto. Zeidler had been serving in an emeritus role with the firm since announcing his official retirement in 2009.

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Barrault Pressacco critiques "copy and paste" housing with home in southern France

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Barrault Pressacco designed 102Let to challenge typical suburban housing "Urban development zones are invested in by private developers who propose identical, copy-and-paste houses," Barrault Pressacco told Dezeen. Photo by Meloni Giaime Paris-based Barrault Pressacco was founded in 2009 by Thibaut Barrault and Cyril Pressacco.

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Aulik Fiser Architekti

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He joined the Aulík Fišer studio after graduation and started to concentrate on urban development concept ideas in the context of Prague. One of the main themes of his work has been the development of the BB Centrum in Prague Michle, with the latest completed project called Delta. Most recently, he completed the Bo?islavka

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S-AR

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Ana earned a Master’s degree in Urban Planning at the IAAC Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain – 2005), the title of architect in the ITESM (Monterrey Institute of Technology) Campus Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico – 2003).

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